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Eadical Ke, ' to speak.' 



o'paa, ' to see.' 



Derivatives 



„ tlets, ' to lie on bed, to sleep.' 



nif<iri'mcli, 'he lies down" («-. 



prefix, -Qi7, ' with the back,' 



-melt, verbal suffix). 

 ffi'tKnu'iiik, ' to paint the face ' 



[red] (ff-, prefix, -nvs, red, 



-tik, suffix). 

 kitk'u'sMtl, 'to cut with 



shears ' 7i-, prefix, -k-d, ' with 



-shears '). 

 huni'tldnmd'tlne, ' I help' (' I 



do with the hand along 



with,' -mdtl, 'along witii, 



together '). 

 hlk'e' lie,'- he says \kd-, prefix ). 

 lullte'tlne, he says to ' address' 



(^-tl = transitive suffix). 

 fffitsH'i/dm, ' to lie ' (ff-, pre- 

 fix, -fds (meaning?), -ynm, 



verbal suffix). 

 u'pQamd'tlne, 'he finds' ( = 'he 



sees togetlier,' -mdtl, 



together). 

 sltiMlv'tsinii, 'he is sleepy.' 

 kdtlB'tsdtii'ydm, 'to dream.' 



It will be observed that many of the radicals, e.g., I (to be), d (to rub), a (to go), 

 ij) (to die), it (to do), We (to speak), are monosyllabic, and it is possible that many <>f 

 the other and dissyllabic radicals, such as u'pqa (to see), utlpatl (to hear), dmdts (to 

 laugh), dwuh (to rise), unitl (to be afraid), omits (to break), uwas (to be hungry), uliu, 

 (to be ripe), uth (to be warm), otluq (to be tired), omas (to be diy), &c., may be com- 

 pounds, i'he occurrence of the o- in so many of these radicals is worth notice. 



As will be seen from the following list, the suffixes which express the idea of per- 

 forming an action with a certain portion of the body have nothing etymologically to 

 do with the name of that member : — 



Back ^aqMld'liEndm. 

 Hand = dqlie'tndm. 

 Teeth = d'qii'dnd'ndm. 



To do -^vith the back =-q«. 

 To do with the hand = -kin. 

 To do with the teeth = -qci,. 



Prefixes. 



ai- two 



dtl- in terms of relationship 



g-, k-, k'- in verbs, numerals, &c. 



kd- 



kam- 



Ji'd- 



gld- 

 kld- 



kin- 



pronominal 



in colour-names 



negative 



in certain verbs and nouns 



in animal names 



interrogative particle 



a' two, twenty; n-a'l-mMi niitu' Idnc , 



there are two rivers. 

 dqM'tla, son; d'tluqh'i'tlc, grandson. 

 ki'tkln, TO do ; liku' nine, sleep I 



h'tcitlml'yH, night ; ko'hve ; gd.i- 



nuVtlnc, two together. 

 Mna'Qd, he goes ; lidke'nc, he says ; 



hl'tliil'nc, he thinks ; l/ilaohos, red. 

 liiimnu'qtld, white; ha'mk-ok-o'kotl, 



black. 

 k-dwi'ntki'tu, not very far. 



klyu'krvlet, day; In'tdktU'tlQd'tl, paper. 



'kid'tvdts, fool-hen ; gla'kqo, fish ; 

 glanu'kqO, mountain-goat; ghl'tli!, 

 swallow ; g'l' a nuqflii' m^ iid , rabbit : 

 r/i'dnri'kt!r, rhinoceros (word ap- 

 plied to rhinoceros seen in an en- 

 graving). 



kinl-k. are you eating ? kint aad' tick, do 

 you want to eat ? 



